Methods and pressure vessels for solid-state microcellular processing of thermoplastic rolls or sheets

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8517709
APP PUB NO 20120065287A1
SERIAL NO

13300445

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Disclosed herein are methods and pressure vessels for solid-state microcellular processing of thermoplastic rolls and sheets. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for making a gas impregnated interleaved roll, which method comprises: providing a pressure vessel having an internal pressure chamber and a rotatable shaft horizontally positioned within the pressure chamber; placing an interleaved roll about the rotatable shaft and within the pressure chamber, wherein the interleaved roll is made from a thermoplastic material sheet interleaved together with a gas-channeling material sheet; pressurizing the pressure chamber to a selected pressure; rotating the rotatable shaft having the interleaved roll thereabouts (thereby rotating the interleaved roll) while under pressure for a selected period of time; and depressurizing the internal chamber to yield the gas impregnated interleaved roll. In other embodiments, the invention is directed to multi-chambered pressure vessels for gas impregnation of thermoplastic rolls, sheets, and films.

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  • DART CONTAINER CORPORATION

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Malone, Thomas Bellingham, US 30 439
Nadella, Krishna V Redmond, US 14 103
Powers, Steven Everett, US 8 54

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